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Synergies app launched at 2013 COPs

The mobile app is expected to increase transparency and participation in Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm convention meetings. Available for Android and iPhone/iPads.

The Secretariat announced the release of the free mobile phone app Synergies on the opening day of the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (COPs).

Synergies provides a window to information about the meetings of the global chemicals and wastes conventions. It gives quick and easy access to essential information about the 2013 COPs. More than 1,700 participants are expected to attend the two-week long conference.

The app provides Alerts, Schedule, Agenda, News, ExCOPs, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conference documents, and General Information for the COPs. It was designed by Zero to Heroes Media (Vancouver, Canada) working closely with the conventions' Secretariat, based in Geneva.

UNEP and FAO team up to promote synergies between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in two-week chemicals and waste meeting.

Geneva, Switzerland, 11 May 2013 – The three conventions that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level concluded their first ever jointly held meetings of the parties late Friday night in Geneva. The historic meeting, attended by nearly two thousand participants from 170 countries, as well as 80 Ministers, adopted 50 separate decisions aimed at strengthening protection against hazardous chemicals and waste.

The three legally autonomous conventions had convened the joint meeting of the conferences of the parties to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the conventions, with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of their activities on the ground. Each convention then continued individually over the two-week period to deal with its own specific topics of the global chemicals and waste agenda before returning in a joint session at the end of the week to finalize their outcomes.

The meeting culminated in a ministerial segment on 9 and 10 May 2013 dedicated to the theme of strengthening synergies between the conventions at national, regional and global level. The ministerial segment was joined by Swiss Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva, and Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii. The global agency leaders pledged to deepen cooperation and collaboration as part of a broader effort to raise the profile of chemicals and waste issues, promote green growth and alleviate poverty.

At its conclusion, the joint meeting acclaimed the “Geneva Statement on the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”. The Geneva Statement welcomed the UNEP-led consultative process on financing options for chemicals and waste that has considered the need for heightened efforts to increase the political priority accorded to sound management of chemicals and waste.

In a press conference following the ministerial segment, Mr. Steiner called the conferences of the parties “a unique historic event coming at a time of unprecedented change and progress in the arena of global environmental governance. The strengthening of UNEP and the synergies process of chemicals and waste multilateral environmental agreements are complementary parts of the ongoing reform to fortify the environmental dimension of sustainable development.”

Ms. Ishii spoke of the challenges countries face protecting the planet's critical ecosystems from contamination by hazardous chemicals and waste and of GEF support for strategies to overcome them. “At this critical juncture, the Global Environment Facility is committed to its financial support to help countries address these important challenges in three ways,” said Ms. Ishii. “Assisting them in their efforts to mainstream sound chemicals management in national agendas, creating an integrated GEF chemicals and wastes focal area, and expanding engagement with the private sector.”

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said that in many countries intensive crop production has depleted agriculture’s natural resource base, jeopardizing future productivity. “To fight hunger and eradicate poverty, we will need to find more sustainable ways to produce 60 percent more food by 2050,” he said. However, he recognized that chemical pesticides would continue to be part of farming in many parts of the world in future.

“The challenge is to enable countries to manage pesticides safely, to use the right quantity, at the right time and in the right way and also to apply alternatives to hazardous pesticides. Because when we don’t, pesticides continue to pose a serious risk to human health and the environment and will eventually end up as waste. Today, half a million tons of obsolete pesticides are scattered around the developing world,” he said.

“Around 70 percent of the chemicals addressed by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions are pesticides, and many are used in agriculture. It is in the best interest of all countries to ensure that the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions can work together, effectively and efficiently, to address various aspects of the chemical life cycle.”

The joint meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions also reviewed the impact of the arrangements put in place by governments in 2011 to strengthen synergies among the treaties.

The parties endorsed the organization of the Secretariat, and adopted a programme of work and budget individual and for joint activities of three conventions in 2014-2015. ”The parties have agreed to strengthen capacity building and technical assistance for countries by investing the savings realized over the past two years into an enhanced technical assistance programme that better meets the needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition” said Jim Willis, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. “In an era of financial austerity, we have learned through synergies how to deliver more to parties while living within the economic limits faced by Governments today.”

“Much of the success of this synergies meeting is owed to the outstanding cooperation and inspired leadership of the three presidents of the conferences, Franz Perrez of Switzerland, Magdalena Balicka of Poland and Osvaldo Álvarez-Pérez of Chile,” added Mr. Willis.

The 6th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention agreed to list hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) to Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions for expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings. Efforts to adopt a non-compliance mechanism, however, did not succeed in the face of continuing disagreement on how such a mechanism might function.

Basel Convention's parties, at their 11th Conference of the Parties, took decisions to strengthen compliance with the Convention. The Parties adopted a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes, and agreed, over the next two years, to develop technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical wastes (e-waste).

The meeting also decided terms of reference for the newly established Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE), which aims to prevent and combat illegal traffic in hazardous and other wastes through the better implementation and enforcement of national law.

The 6th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention had considered the possible addition of five chemicals and one severely hazardous pesticide formulation to Annex III of the Convention. It agreed by consensus to add the pesticide azinphos-methyl and the industrial chemicals PentaBDE, OctaBDE and PFOS to Annex III of the Convention.[1] Listing in Annex III triggers an exchange of information between Parties and helps countries make informed decisions about future import and use of the chemicals. The addition of four substances is the highest number to be added to the Convention's prior informed consent procedure by any conference of the parties since the adoption of the Convention in 1998.

In contrast, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention did not succeed in reaching agreement on the addition of chrysotile asbestos and a severely hazardous pesticide formulation containing paraquat to the Convention. The proposal to list chrysotile asbestos and the paraquat formulation will be considered at the next Conference of the Parties in 2015.

The joint meeting hosted a three-day Regional Fair from 1 to 3 May 2013 dedicated to the theme 'Synergies through regional delivery' and attended by 20 Stockholm Convention or Basel Convention Regional Centres and two Regional Offices of UNEP. The Fair provided the venue for the signing of bi-regional and intra-regional cooperation agreements between centres in Latin America and Caribbean, and Central and Eastern European regions in the areas of technical assistance and awareness-raising and outreach.

Note to editors:

Chemicals contribute many advantages to today's world; however their use can also pose risks to human health and the environment. To reduce this harmful global impact, three conventions have been established that regulate chemicals and hazardous waste at global level:

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal regulates the export/import of hazardous waste and waste containing hazardous chemicals. The Convention was adopted in 1989 and entered into force in 1992. It currently has 180 Parties.

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade currently regulates information about the export/import of 47 hazardous chemicals listed in the Convention’s Annex III, 33 of which are pesticides (including 4 severely hazardous pesticide formulations) and 14 of which are industrial chemicals. The Convention was adopted in 1998 and entered into force in 2004. It currently has 152 Parties.

Unlike the Stockholm Convention, the Rotterdam Convention does not ban or restrict trade in chemicals or pesticide formulations, but serves to strengthen protection of human health and the environment by expanding the exchange of critical safety information between exporting and importing States.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants currently regulates 23 toxic substances that are persistent, travel long distances, bioaccumulate in organisms and are toxic. The Convention was adopted in 2001 and entered into force in 2004. It currently has 179 Parties.

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UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/1/Add.1/Rev.1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Item 1: Opening of the meetings

1. The second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will be held back to back with the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, the eleventh ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention at the Geneva International Conference Centre, 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, from 28 April to 10 May 2013.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2

Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions adopted decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC-5/27 (hereinafter “2011 synergies decisions”), respectively, which are substantially identical decisions on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the three conventions. The 2011 synergies decisions refer to two earlier sets of substantially identical decisions on cooperation and coordination among the three conventions: the “synergies decisions” (decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, decision RC 4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention) and the “omnibus decisions” (decision BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, decision RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention).

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.1

Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: Review of the synergies arrangements

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By decisions BC.Ex-1/1, RC.Ex-1/1 and SC.Ex-1/1 (the “omnibus decisions”), the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, respectively, requested the Secretariat to prepare a report for review by the conferences of the parties in 2013 on how far the arrangements adopted pursuant to decisions IX/10, RC-4/11 and SC-4/34, on cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (the “synergies decisions”), in particular on joint activities, joint managerial functions and joint services, had contributed to achieving the following objectives:

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.2

Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: Proposal for the modification of the organization of the Basel Convention Secretariat, the Stockholm Convention Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme part of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. 1. In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions adopted decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC-5/27 (hereinafter “2011 synergies decisions”), respectively, which are substantially identical decisions on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the three conventions. The 2011 synergies decisions refer to two earlier sets of substantially identical decisions on cooperation and coordination among the three conventions: the “synergies decisions” (decision IX/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, decision RC 4/11 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision SC-4/34 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention) and the “omnibus decisions” (decision BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, decision RC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision SC.Ex 1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention).

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.3

Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: Note by the Executive Secretary on ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Secretariat and the continuity of its operations (Withdrawn)

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UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.4

Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: joint activities

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC 5/27, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the “2011 synergies decisions”), which are substantially identical decisions on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/3

Programmes of work and proposed budgets for the biennium 2014–2015: combined proposal, including joint activities

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Note by the Executive Secretary

I.Introduction

1.In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC 5/27, respectively, on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The three decisions, hereinafter referred to as the “2011 synergies decisions”, are substantially identical.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/4

Report of the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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Introduction

1. Decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC-5/27 of the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the “2011 synergies decisions”), are substantially identical decisions on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

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UNEP/CHW.11/1/Add.1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Item 1

Opening of the meeting

1. The eleventh ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal will be held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, from 28 April to 10 May 2013, in conjunction with the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences of the parties to the three conventions. The meetings will be opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 28 April 2013 by the three presidents of the conferences of the parties.

UNEP/CHW.11/2

Election of officers

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The present note contains information pertaining to the election of officers of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting. In addition to electing the officers of the Conference of the Parties and the Open-ended Working Group, the meeting is expected to elect five members of the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention (see UNEP/CHW.11/11).

UNEP/CHW.11/3

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal adopted decision BC-10/3 on the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention. The decision addresses the entry into force of the Ban Amendment; the development of guidelines for environmentally sound management; the provision of further legal clarity; the further strengthening of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres; combating illegal traffic; assisting developing countries that are facing specific challenges with regard to prohibiting the import of hazardous wastes; and building capacity.

UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.1

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention: Draft framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/3 on the follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention, the present addendum sets out in its annex the draft framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.1/Rev.1

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention: Framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes

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Note by the Secretariat

At its eleventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted, as amended, in decision BC-11/1 on the follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention, the framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes on the basis of the draft framework contained in document UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.1, which was developed by the technical expert group. The text of the final version of the framework is set out in the annex to the present addendum.

UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.2

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention: Providing further legal clarity: draft glossary of certain terms

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in the note by the Secretariat on the follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention (UNEP/CHW.11/3), the present addendum sets out in its annex a draft glossary of terms, dated 30 November 2012 and elaborated by the Secretariat, as requested by the Open-ended Working Group in its decision OEWG 8/7. The Secretariat has also prepared a note compiling the comments received from parties and others on the attached draft glossary (UNEP/CHW.11/INF/4). With regard to the possible options for the interpretation of terms, considering both voluntary and legally binding one, the Secretariat has prepared a note compiling comments submitted by parties and others (UNEP/CHW.11/INF/5).

UNEP/CHW.11/4

Report on progress on the implementation of the Strategic Framework

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal adopted decision BC-10/2 on the strategic framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention for 2012–2021, by which it adopted the strategic framework set out in the annex to the decision and encouraged parties to take specific actions to implement it through the activities listed in the biennial programme of work. Parties and others in a position to do so were called upon to mobilize resources and to provide financial and other resources, including in-kind support, for the implementation of the framework.

UNEP/CHW.11/5

Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.In its decision BC-10/4 on the review and strengthening of the operation of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal took note of four documents submitted to it at its tenth meeting and requested the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres to submit the following to the Secretariat:

UNEP/CHW.11/5/Add.1

Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres: Process for evaluating the performance and sustainability of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

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Process for evaluating the performance and sustainability of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/5 on Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, the Expanded Bureau agreed at its meeting on 12 and 13 November 2012 that a similar process to that under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants could be applied for evaluating the performance and sustainability of the regional centres under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and requested the Secretariat to submit a proposal for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting.

UNEP/CHW.11/6

Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.In its decision BC-10/20, on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal agreed to extend the mandate of the Partnership until the end of 2013 to complete the work programme as set out in the annex to the decision, and encouraged the Partnership Working Group to revise the guidance document on environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment based on the results of evaluation studies and any additional information provided, and to submit it to the Open-ended Working Group for consideration at its eighth meeting.

UNEP/CHW.11/6/Add.1

Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment: revised guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/6 on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, the present addendum sets out in its annex the revised guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment.

UNEP/CHW.11/6/Add.1/Rev.1

Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment: Revised guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its eleventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted, as amended in decision BC-11/15 on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the guidance document on environmentally sound management of used and end of life computing equipment on the basis of the revised guidance document set out in document UNEP/CHW.11/6/Add.1, prepared by the Partnership Working Group.

UNEP/CHW.11/7

Technical guidelines

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste), in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste

A. Introduction

1. In its decision BC-10/5, on technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical waste (e waste), in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal invited parties to consider serving as lead countries for the further development of the technical guidelines and to inform the Secretariat of their willingness to do so by 31 January 2012. It also decided to establish a small intersessional working group to monitor and assist in the further development of the guidelines.

UNEP/CHW.11/7/Add.1

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste), in particular regarding the distinction between
waste and non-waste

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/7 on technical guidelines, the annex to the present note contains the draft technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste), in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/8

Applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eighth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal adopted decision VIII/15 on revisions to the procedure for the review or adjustment of the lists of wastes contained in Annexes VIII and IX to the Convention. According to the revised procedure, applications for any changes to Annexes VIII or IX received by the Secretariat at least three months prior to a meeting of the Open ended Working Group will be forwarded to the Open-ended Working Group for its consideration at that meeting. The decision of the Open ended Working Group on any such application will be transmitted in a report, through the Secretariat, to the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting.

UNEP/CHW.11/9

Classification and hazard characterization of wastes: review of cooperation with the World Customs Organization and its Harmonized System Committee

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.In its decision BC-10/10 on the review of cooperation with the World Customs Organization (WCO) and its Harmonized System Committee, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal requested the Secretariat to pursue its cooperation with the WCO secretariat, the Harmonized System Committee, the Harmonized System Review Subcommittee and the Scientific Subcommittee of WCO.

UNEP/CHW.11/10

Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-10/11, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal adopted a work programme for the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention for the period 2012–2013.

UNEP/CHW.11/10/Add.1

Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention: Terms of reference for cooperative arrangements on preventing and combating illegal traffic

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in the note by the Secretariat on the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention (UNEP/CHW.11/10), the present addendum sets out in its annex the draft terms of reference for cooperative arrangements on preventing and combating illegal traffic, prepared by the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention.

UNEP/CHW.11/11

Membership of the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision VI/12, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal established a mechanism for promoting implementation of and compliance with the obligations under the Convention and adopted terms of reference for the mechanism as set out in the appendix to that decision. The terms of reference provide for the establishment of a committee charged with administering the mechanism, which is known as the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention, and set forth procedures for electing Committee members.

UNEP/CHW.11/12

National legislation, notifications, enforcement of the Convention and efforts to combat illegal traffic

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.In its decision BC-10/13, on national legislation, enforcement of the Convention and efforts to combat illegal traffic, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal requested the Secretariat to continue to provide, upon request, advice and assistance on matters related to the implementation and enforcement of the Convention and to continue to maintain a collection of national legislation and other measures adopted by parties to implement the Convention, making them, along with forms submitted by parties reporting confirmed cases of illegal traffic, available on the Basel Convention website.

UNEP/CHW.11/13

National reporting

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In its decision BC-10/14 on national reporting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, among other things, urged parties that had not yet done so to transmit to the Secretariat their completed questionnaires on the transmission of information for 2009 and for previous years, as soon as possible and in electronic form, using the revised questionnaire adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting and bearing in mind that, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, parties must transmit before the end of each calendar year a report on the previous calendar year. In addition, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat to prepare and publish an annual compilation document for each of the years 2008-2010 and, for the triennium 2010-2012, a summary document and a country fact sheet for each party submitting completed questionnaires on the transmission of information.

UNEP/CHW.11/14

Implementation of decision V/32 on the enlargement of the scope of the Trust Fund to Assist Developing and Other Countries in Need of Technical Assistance in the Implementation of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention has adopted a number of decisions pertaining to the enlargement of the scope of the Trust Fund to Assist Developing and Other Countries in Need of Technical Assistance in the Implementation of the Basel Convention, including decisions V/32, VI/14 and BC 10/22.

UNEP/CHW.11/15

Technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In its decision BC-10/23 on capacity-building for the implementation of the Basel Convention, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal requested the following from the Secretariat:

UNEP/CHW.11/16

Environmentally sound dismantling of ships

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-10/17 on the environmentally sound dismantling of ships, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal noted that while some parties believed that the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships provided an equivalent level of control and enforcement to that established under the Basel Convention, some parties did not believe that to be the case. By the same decision, the Conference of the Parties encouraged parties to ratify the Hong Kong Convention to enable its early entry into force while acknowledging that the Basel Convention should continue to assist countries to apply the Basel Convention as it relates to ships.

UNEP/CHW.11/17

Cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In decision BC-10/16 on cooperation between the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention requested the Secretariat to undertake several activities pertaining to the issue of wastes generated on board ships and the relationship between the Basel Convention and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and as further amended by the Protocol of 1997 (MARPOL).

UNEP/CHW.11/18

International cooperation and coordination

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In its decision BC-10/15, on international cooperation and coordination, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal requested the Secretariat to further strengthen cooperation and coordination with international and regional organizations and multilateral environmental agreements in areas of relevance to the Convention, including in the areas and with the organizations listed in the report on international cooperation for 2009–2011 prepared by the Secretariat pursuant to decision IX/11 for the information of the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting. The Conference of the Parties also requested the Secretariat to continue its efforts to seek observer status in the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and to advise the parties when WTO granted its request.

UNEP/CHW.11/19

Implementation of the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties on resource mobilization and sustainable financing

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1.In its decision VIII/34 on resource mobilization and sustainable financing, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal highlighted the importance of strengthening linkages with resource mobilization strategies of other relevant multilateral agreements, approaches and processes. The decision recognized the challenges of mainstreaming hazardous wastes into development processes in developing countries and the need to develop relevant capacities.

UNEP/CHW.11/20

Operations and work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–2015

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

A.Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–2015

1.In accordance with the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, set out in decision BC-10/25, the Working Group held its eighth meeting, in Geneva, from 25 to 28 September 2012. The report of the meeting is contained in document UNEP/CHW/OEWG.8/16.

UNEP/CHW.11/20/Add.1

Operations and work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–2015: Options for operations of the Open-ended Working Group

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its meeting on 12 and 13 November 2012, the Expanded Bureau concluded that, in its current format, the Open-ended Working Group was not making optimum use of available resources and expertise. The Secretariat was requested to prepare, in consultation with the Expanded Bureau, different options for the operation of the Open-ended Working Group for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting.

UNEP/CHW.11/21

Official communications

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Communication with and between the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal on matters relating to the Convention is accomplished through:

UNEP/CHW.11/22

Admission of observers

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 15 of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal provides the following:

UNEP/CHW.11/23

Draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its meeting held on 12 and 13 November 2012, the Expanded Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal was informed of the action taken by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the development of a memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention to better formalize their relationship (UNEP/POPS/COP.6/32). The Expanded Bureau decided to invite the Executive Director of UNEP to consider the development of a memorandum of understanding with the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention.

UNEP/CHW.11/24

Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal on the work of its eleventh meeting

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Introduction

The eleventh ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 28 April to 10 May 2013.

The meeting was held in coordination with the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the three conventions.

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1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Adoption of the agenda.

3. Organizational matters:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/1/Add.1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Item 1

Opening of the meeting

1. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade will be held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, from 28 April to 10 May 2013, in conjunction with the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the three conventions. The meetings will be opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 28 April 2013 by the three presidents of the conferences of the parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/2

Election of officers

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The present note contains information pertaining to the election of officers by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade at its sixth meeting. The meeting is also expected to elect the Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (see UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/6).

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/3

Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its first meeting, by decision RC-1/1, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention adopted its rules of procedure, as contained in the annex to that decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45, which it agreed to maintain in square brackets to indicate that it had not been agreed and was of no effect.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/4

Information on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The annex to the present note provides information relating to the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, covering the period from 1 November 2010 to 31 October 2012, regarding the following:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/5

Proposal on ways of exchanging information on exports and export notifications

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Rotterdam Convention sets out the obligations and conditions of exports of chemicals listed in Annex III to the Convention in exceptional circumstances when an importing party has failed to transmit an import response or has transmitted an interim response that does not contain an interim decision. Paragraph 2 (c) of Article 11 provides that such exports can take place if explicit consent to the import has been sought and received by the exporter through a designated national authority of the importing party. Furthermore, the importing party is required to respond to such a request within sixty days and to promptly notify the Secretariat of its decision. To date, the Secretariat has received no such notifications.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/6

Chemical Review Committee: developments for action by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The Chemical Review Committee held its eighth meeting in Geneva from 19 to 23 March 2012. The report of the Committee on the work of the meeting is contained in document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.8/12.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/7

Inclusion of azinphos-methyl in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction
1. In accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee at its fifth and sixth meetings reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for azinphos-methyl from Canada and Norway, along with the supporting documentation referenced therein. Taking into account each of the specific criteria set out in Annex II to the Rotterdam Convention, the Committee concluded that the criteria of that Annex had been met. Accordingly, the Committee agreed to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that azinphos-methyl be listed in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention and proceeded to draft a decision guidance document.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/7/Add.1

Draft decision guidance document on azinphos-methyl

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Note by the Secretariat

At its seventh meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on azinphos-methyl. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/7/Add.2

Comments and further information related to the draft decision guidance document for azinphos-methyl

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its seventh meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision document for azinphos-methyl, as set out in the annex to document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/7/Add.1, and agreed to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments received and how they were taken into account in the preparation of the draft decision guidance document, to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration.

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Note by the Secretariat

Introduction
1. In accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee, at its seventh meeting, reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for pentabromodiphenyl ether and its commercial mixtures from Canada, the European Community, Japan and Norway, along with the supporting documentation referenced therein. Taking into account each of the specific requirements set out in Annex II to the Convention, the Committee concluded that the criteria of that Annex had been met. Accordingly, the Committee agreed at its seventh meeting to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that tetrabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 40088-47-9, CAS No. 5436 43-1 ) and pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9, CAS No. 60348-60-91), which are components of pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures, be included in Annex III to the Convention as industrial chemicals. In addition, the Committee adopted a rationale for that recommendation, agreed to establish an intersessional drafting group to produce a draft decision guidance document and agreed on a detailed workplan for its development.

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Note by the Secretariat

At its eighth meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9) and pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of decision CRC-8/4, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document for pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9) and pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures, as set out in the annex to document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/8/Add.1, and agreed to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments received and how they were taken into account in the preparation of the draft decision guidance document, to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/9

Inclusion of octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Introduction
1. In accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh meeting reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures from Canada, the European Community, Japan and Norway, along with the supporting documentation referenced therein. Taking into account each of the specific criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, the Committee concluded that the requirements of that Annex had been met. Accordingly, the Committee agreed at its seventh meeting to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures: hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether, octabromodiphenyl ether, nonabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether, be included in Annex III to the Convention as industrial chemicals. In addition, the Committee adopted a rationale for that recommendation, agreed to establish an intersessional drafting group to produce a draft decision guidance document and agreed on a detailed workplan for its development.

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Note by the Secretariat

At its eighth meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The draft decision document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/9/Add.2

Comments and further information related to the draft decision guidance document for octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of decision CRC-8/5, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision document for octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures, as set out in the annex to document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/9/Add.1, and agreed to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments received and how they were taken into account in the preparation of the draft decision guidance document, to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/10

Inclusion of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction
1. In accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh meeting reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and its precursors from Canada, the European Union and Japan, along with the supporting documentation referenced therein. Taking into account each of the specific criteria set out in Annex II to the Rotterdam Convention, the Committee concluded that the criteria of that Annex had been met. Accordingly, the Committee agreed at its seventh meeting to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that perfluorooctanesulphonic acid (PFOS) (CAS No. 1763-23-1), PFOS potassium salt (CAS No. 2795-39-3), PFOS ammonium salt (CAS No. 29081 56 9), PFOS lithium salt (CAS No. 29457-72-5), PFOS diethanolamine salt (CAS No. 70225-14-8) and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF or POSF) (CAS No. 307-35-7), be included in Annex III to the Convention as industrial chemicals. In addition, the Committee adopted a rationale for that recommendation, agreed to establish an intersessional drafting group to produce a draft decision guidance document and agreed on a detailed workplan for its development.

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Note by the Secretariat

At its eighth meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/10/Add.2

Comments and further information related to the draft decision guidance document for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of decision CRC-8/6, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls, as set out in the annex to document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/10/Add.1, and agreed to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments received and how they were taken into account in the preparation of the draft decision guidance document, to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/11

Inclusion of liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction
1. In accordance with articles 6 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee, at its seventh meeting, reviewed the proposal from Burkina Faso to list Gramoxone Super in Annex III to the Convention as a severely hazardous pesticide formulation, along with the supporting documentation. Taking into account each of the specific criteria set out in Annex IV to the Rotterdam Convention, the Committee concluded that the criteria of that Annex had been met. Accordingly, the Committee agreed to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that paraquat dichloride (formulated as emulsifiable concentrate of 276 g active ingredient/L or above, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L) be listed in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention as a severely hazardous pesticide formulation.

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Note by the Secretariat

At its eighth meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/11/Add.2

Comments and further information related to the draft decision guidance document for liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By paragraph 2 of decision CRC-8/7, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document for liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, as set out in the annex to document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/11/Add.1, and agreed to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments received and how they were taken into account in the preparation of the draft decision guidance document, to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/12

Inclusion of chrysotile asbestos in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction
1. At its second meeting, the Chemical Review Committee recommended the listing of chrysotile asbestos in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, approved the text of a draft guidance document on chrysotile asbestos, as set out in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/8/Add.1, and decided to forward the draft decision guidance document to the Conference of the Parties for its consideration. At its third, fourth and fifth meetings, the Conference of the Parties deliberated on the inclusion of chrysotile asbestos in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/12/Add.1

Draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos

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Note by the Secretariat

At its second meeting, the Chemical Review Committee finalized the text of the draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/13

Procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non compliance with the provisions of the Rotterdam Convention and for the treatment of parties found to be in non compliance

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Article 17 of the Rotterdam Convention provides for the development and approval of procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non-compliance with the provisions of the Convention and for the treatment of parties found to be in non compliance.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/14

Follow-up to decision RC-5/11 on progress made in the implementation of decision RC-3/5 on possible options for lasting and sustainable financial mechanisms

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1. By paragraph 4 of its decision RC-5/11, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention requested the Secretariat to continue its collaboration with partners, including the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its implementing agencies and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, in order to ensure that the provisions of the Rotterdam Convention are taken into account in technical assistance projects and activities carried out pursuant to decision RC-3/5.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/15

Technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Technical assistance needs and challenges
1. In its decision RC-5/10 concerning regional and national delivery of technical assistance, the Conference of the Parties invited developing country parties and parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their technical assistance needs, difficulties and any other views in this regard.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/16

Proposals to increase the number of notifications of final regulatory action and guidance to assist parties in their preparation

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention adopted decision RC-5/2 on increasing the number of notifications of final regulatory action and communication between parties. The decision called on parties and the Secretariat to take actions to address issues related to notifications of final regulatory action and export notifications. Matters relating to export notifications are addressed separately in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/5.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/17

Cooperation with the World Trade Organization

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Note by the Secretariat

I.Introduction

1. In its decision RC-1/15 on cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention requested the following from the Secretariat:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/18

Official communications

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Communication with and between the parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade on matters relating to the Convention is accomplished through:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/19

Admission of observers

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 7 of Article 18 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade provides the following:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/20

Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade on the work of its sixth meeting

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Introduction

1. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 28 April to 10 May 2013.

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1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Adoption of the agenda.

2. Organizational matters:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/1/Add.1

Annotations to the provisional agenda

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Item 1

Opening of the meeting

1. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will be held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, from 28 April to 10 May 2013, in conjunction with the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the three conventions. The meetings will be opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 28 April 2013 by the three presidents of the conferences of the parties.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/2

Election of officers

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The present note contains information pertaining to the election of officers by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting. In addition to the election of the officers of the Conference of the Parties, the meeting is also expected to elect the Chair of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (see UNEP/POPS/COP.6/16).

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/3

Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its first meeting, by decision SC-1/1, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted its rules of procedure, as contained in the annex to that decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45, which it agreed to maintain in square brackets to indicate that it had not been agreed and was of no effect.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/4

Evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 6 of part II of Annex B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states that, commencing at its first meeting and at least every three years thereafter, the Conference of the Parties shall, in consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO), evaluate the continued need for DDT for disease vector control on the basis of available scientific, technical, environmental and economic information.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/5

Register of specific exemptions and register of acceptable purposes

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In accordance with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention, the Secretariat maintains the following on the Convention website:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/6

Process for the evaluation of progress parties have made towards eliminating brominated diphenyl ethers contained in articles and the review of the continued need for specific exemptions for those chemicals

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, at its sixth ordinary meeting and at every second meeting thereafter the Conference of the Parties shall evaluate the progress that parties have made towards achieving their ultimate objective of eliminating hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether and tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether contained in articles and review the continued need for the specific exemption for those chemicals.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/7

Process for the evaluation of the continued need for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride for the various acceptable purposes and specific exemptions

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 5 of part III of Annex B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants provides that the Conference of the Parties is to evaluate the continued need for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) for the various acceptable purposes and specific exemptions on the basis of available scientific, technical, environmental and economic information, including:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/8

Evaluation of the continued need for the procedure under paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 7 of Article 19 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states that the Conference of the Parties is to, at its third meeting, evaluate the continued need for the procedure contained in paragraph 2 (b) of Article 3, including consideration of its effectiveness.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/9

Polychlorinated biphenyls

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

A. Polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network

1. By paragraph 5 of decision SC-5/7, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to facilitate a transition of the leadership of the polychlorinated biphenyls elimination network, in a sustainable manner, from the Secretariat to one or more United Nations agencies whose mandate was better suited to implement the network, and to report to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting on the progress of the transition.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/10

Work programme on brominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride

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I. Introduction

1. Having amended the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants by decisions SC 4/10 to SC-4/18 to list nine new chemicals in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties decided, by its decision SC-4/19, to undertake a work programme to provide guidance to parties on how best to restrict and eliminate brominated diphenyl ethers, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts, and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) and the other newly listed chemicals. In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties requested the Persistent Organic Pollutants Committee to develop recommendations on the elimination of brominated diphenyl ethers from the waste stream and on risk reduction for PFOS, its salts and PFOSF.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/11

Work programme on endosulfan

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I. Introduction

1. Having amended the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants by decision SC 5/3 to list technical endosulfan and its related isomers in Annex A to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties decided, by its decision SC-5/4, to undertake a work programme to support the development and deployment of alternatives to endosulfan, as set out in the annex to that decision.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/12

Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

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I. Introduction

1. In its decision SC-5/12 on guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, among other things:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/13

Review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases

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I. Introduction

1. At its second, third, fourth and fifth meetings, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions SC-2/5, SC-3/6, SC-4/7 and SC-5/13, respectively, enabling the implementation of a process for the review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/14

Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes

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I. Introduction

1. In paragraph 2 of its decision SC-5/9 on measures to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants invited the appropriate bodies of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to work on specific issues to reduce or eliminate releases from wastes of chemicals newly listed in Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention. In particular, they were invited:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/15

Implementation plans under Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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I. Transmission of national implementation plans

1. At its fourth meeting, held from 4 to 8 May 2009, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted amendments to Annexes A, B and C to the Stockholm Convention to list nine new persistent organic pollutants. The above-mentioned amendments entered into force on 26 August 2010 for all parties, except those that had submitted a notification of non acceptance in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 (b) of Article 22, or that had made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 25, in which case such amendments enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of those parties’ instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with regard to such amendments.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/16

Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee: developments for action by the Conference of the Parties

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I. Introduction

1. The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee held its seventh and eighth meetings in Geneva from 10 to 14 October 2011 and from 15 to 19 October 2012, respectively. The reports on those meetings are available as documents UNEP/POPS/POPRC.7/19 and UNEP/POPS/POPRC.8/16, respectively.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/17

Recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention and draft text of the proposed amendment

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I. Introduction

1. At its sixth meeting, in its decision POPRC-6/9, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a risk profile for hexabromocyclododecane and concluded that hexabromocyclododecane was likely, as a result of its long-range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and environmental effects such that global action was warranted.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/18

Technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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I. Guidance on technical assistance

1. Paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states:
“Technical assistance to be provided by developed country Parties, and other Parties in accordance with their capabilities, shall include, as appropriate and as mutually agreed, technical assistance for capacity-building relating to implementation of the obligations under this Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the Parties.”

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology

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I. Introduction

1. At its fourth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, by its decision SC-4/23, among other things, endorsed the eight nominated Stockholm Convention centres listed in annex I to that decision as Stockholm Convention regional or subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology for a period of four years. It also decided to evaluate, in accordance with the criteria set out in annex II to decision SC 2/9, their performance and sustainability and to reconsider pursuant to decision SC-3/12 their status as regional or subregional centres under the Stockholm Convention at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19/Add.1

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology: Methodology for evaluating the performance and sustainability of the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity building and transfer of technology based on the criteria set out in annex II to decision SC-2/9

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I. Introduction

1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19 on Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in decision SC-5/21, requested the Secretariat to develop a methodology for evaluating the regional centres based on the criteria set out in annex II to decision SC-2/9, which should include a quantitative analysis to be used in the evaluation of the performance and sustainability of each centre to be undertaken every four years.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/20

Needs assessment

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I. Introduction

1. In decision SC-1/9, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the guidance to the financial mechanism. The annex to the decision provides that, in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7 (d) of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention, the Conference of the Parties will regularly provide the entity or entities entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism assessments of the funding needed to ensure effective implementation of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/21

Report on the effectiveness of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

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I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism is to function under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to, the Conference of the Parties for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/22

Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/21, the executive summary of the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting is set out in the annex to the present note. The executive summary has been reproduced without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/23

Third review of the financial mechanism

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I. Introduction

1. Pursuant to paragraph 8 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Conference of the Parties shall review the effectiveness of the mechanism established under Article 13 in supporting the implementation of the Convention, with a view to taking appropriate action, if necessary, to improve the effectiveness of the mechanism, including by means of recommendations and guidance to ensure adequate and sustainable funding to meet the needs of the parties.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/24

Consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism

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I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 7 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants states that the Conference of the Parties shall at its first meeting adopt appropriate guidance to be provided to the mechanism and shall agree with the entity or entities participating in the financial mechanism upon arrangements to give effect thereto.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/25

Facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms

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I. Introduction

1. Paragraph 6 of Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants defines a mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition, on a grant or concessional basis, to assist in their implementation of the Convention. The financial mechanism functions under the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of the Conference of the Parties and is accountable to the Conference for the purposes of the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/26

Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention

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I. Introduction

1. By paragraph 6 (b) of its decision SC-5/16 on reporting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention requested the Secretariat to update the reporting format to include the nine chemicals listed in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention in 2009, for consideration at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/26/Add.1/Rev.1

Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention: Revised format for national reporting under Article 15

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As discussed in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/26, in accordance with decision SC-5/16 the Secretariat has updated the format used by parties in reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention to take into account the 10 chemicals newly listed in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention in 2009 and 2011. The updated reporting format is set out in the annex to the present note.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27

Effectiveness evaluation

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I. Introduction

1. By its decision SC-5/17, on effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention took note of the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation prepared by the ad hoc working group on effectiveness evaluation in accordance with decision SC-4/32. It also invited parties and others to submit comments on the proposed framework and requested the Secretariat to compile the comments received in the form of an information document and to integrate them into the proposed framework for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27/Add.1

Effectiveness evaluation: Proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation revised according to
the comments submitted by parties in follow up to paragraph 4 of
decision SC -5/17

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As discussed in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27, the annex to the present note sets out, for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties, the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation revised by the Secretariat to take into account the comments submitted by parties in accordance with decision SC-5/17.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27/Add.1/Rev.1

Effectiveness evaluation: Framework for the effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention pursuant to Article 16

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The annex to the present note contains the framework for effectiveness evaluation pursuant to Article 16 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its sixth meeting in decision SC-6/22. It is presented as adopted, without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/28

Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation

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I. Introduction

1. By its decision SC-5/18, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, among other things:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/29

Procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non compliance with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and for the treatment of parties found to be in non compliance

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I. Introduction

1. Article 17 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants provides for the development and approval of procedures and institutional mechanisms for determining non compliance with the provisions of the Convention and for the treatment of parties found to be in non-compliance.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/30

Official communications

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I. Introduction

1. Communication with and between the parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on matters relating to the Convention is accomplished through:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/31

Admission of observers

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Draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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I. Introduction

1. At its meeting held on 10 and 11 May 2012, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants agreed that it would initiate the development
of a memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention to better formalize their relationship.
The Bureau decided to send a letter to the Executive Director of UNEP to request the development of
a memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
and UNEP concerning secretariat functions for the Stockholm Convention. The Executive Director of
UNEP agreed to initiate the preparation of such a memorandum of understanding and suggested that
the memorandum of understanding between the Standing Committee of the Conference of the Parties
to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the
Executive Director of UNEP concerning secretariat services for and support to the Convention could
be used as a starting point.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/33

Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its sixth meeting

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Introduction

1. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 28 April to 10 May 2013.

Scenario note for the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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I.Introduction

1.The present scenario note is intended to assist participants in preparing for the eleventh ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the sixth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions by providing information on initial planning activities and expectations for the meetings, which will be held in a coordinated manner from 28 April to 10 May 2013.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/2/Rev.1

Tentative schedule of work for the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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The annexes to the present note contains a tentative schedule of work for the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (annex I) and information on possible contact groups (annex II). The tentative schedule, which was agreed upon by the bureaux of the conferences of the parties to the three conventions, is tentative and could change before or during the two weeks of the meetings. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/3/Rev.1

Information on the high-level segment of the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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I. Background

1. The high-level segment of the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, 9 May and the morning of Friday, 10 May 2013 will focus on the theme: “Synergies and the implementation of the chemicals and waste conventions at the national, regional and global levels”. A series of ministerial round tables are planned for Thursday afternoon, followed by a presentation on Friday morning of the key messages emerging from the round-table discussions.

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Annexes I and II to the present note set out provisional lists of meeting documents for the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The documents listed in annex I are grouped according to the items on the provisional agenda for the meeting to which they pertain. Those listed in annex II are organized by document symbol.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/5

Report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the review of the synergies arrangements

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As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.1, the annex to the present note sets out a report prepared by the evaluation offices of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the review of the synergies arrangements. The report is reproduced as received by the Secretariat and has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/6

Report by the Secretariat on the review of the synergies arrangements

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.1, the annex to the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat on the review of the synergies arrangements.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/7

Executive Secretary’s proposal for the organization of the secretariats of the three conventions as of 22 December 2011

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC-5/27, respectively, on enhancing cooperation and coordination between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The decisions, which are substantively identical, are hereinafter referred to as “the 2011 synergies decisions”.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/8

Revision of figures 1 and 2 of the Executive Secretary’s proposal for the organization of the secretariats of the three conventions

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Note by the Secretariat

1.At the request of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the functional and staffing organization charts set out in figures 1 and 2 of the Executive Secretary’s proposal of 21 December 2011 were revised to remove reference to FAO. For ease of reference, the Executive Secretary’s proposal is reproduced in document UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/7.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/9

Organization and operation of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Note by the Secretariat

1. A description of the organization and operation of the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its interaction with the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the opportunities for further synergies among the secretariats of the three conventions and the FAO work on pesticides are set out in the annex to the present note. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/10

Implementation of joint activities contained in the programme budgets of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for 2012

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The annex to the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat, as at 31 December 2012, on the implementation of joint activities of the programme budgets approved by the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. It describes expenditures incurred under the general and voluntary trust funds of the three conventions and provides information on related voluntary contributions made by donors for the implementation of these activities. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/11/Rev.1

Programmes of work and proposed budgets for the biennium 2014–2015

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In 2011, the conferences of the parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions BC-10/27, RC-5/14 and SC-5/28, in which, among other things, they:

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/12

Programmes of work and proposed budgets for the biennium 2014–2015: budget activity fact sheets

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The draft programmes of work and proposed budgets for the biennium 2014−2015 for the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants are contained in documents UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/3 and UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/11.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/13

Activities undertaken jointly by the Secretariat pertaining to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The annex to the present note sets out a report prepared by the Secretariat on its activities pertaining to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and undertaken jointly for two or more conventions from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/14

Outcome of the United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director’s consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes

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I. Introduction

1. The present note provides a summary report prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the outcome of the negotiations on the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes at the twenty-seventh session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP, held from 18 to 22 February 2013.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/15

Status of ratification of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In order to facilitate consideration of the credentials of the representatives of the parties present at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Secretariat has prepared a table listing those States and political or regional economic integration organizations that have deposited with the depositary their relevant instruments expressing their consent to be bound by these conventions, as at 10 February 2013. This table is attached as an annex to the present note.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/16

Report by the Secretariat on the implementation of the joint clearing-house mechanism

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.4 on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions: joint activities, the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat of the three conventions on the implementation of the joint clearing-house mechanism for the biennium 2012–2013.

I. Introduction

2. The conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, pursuant to decisions BC-IX/10, RC-4/11 and SC-4/34 on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the conventions, requested the secretariats of the three conventions to develop systems of information exchange on health and environmental impacts, including a clearing-house mechanism, with the aim of these systems serving all three conventions.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/17

Potential for enhanced cooperation and coordination between the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

A document on potential areas for enhanced cooperation and coordination between the Chemical Review Committee and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee is annexed to the present note. The document was prepared by the Chair of the Chemical Review Committee, Ms. Hala Sultan Saif Al-Easa (Qatar), and the Chair of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, Mr. Reiner Arndt (Germany). It is presented as submitted, without formal editing.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/18

Audit of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Note by the Secretariat

Annexed to the present note is the audit report of the Internal Audit Division of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services entitled “Audit of the Secretariat of the Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal”. The report contains the overall results of the audit relating to the effective administrative management by the United Nations Environment Programme of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. It has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/19

Draft guidance document for parties and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the joint clearing-house mechanism at the national and regional levels

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/2/Add.4 on joint activities, the annex to the present note contains draft guidance for parties and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the joint clearing-house mechanism at the national and regional levels.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/20

Decision 27/12 on chemicals and waste management, adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-seventh session

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note sets out the advance English version of decision 27/12 on chemicals and waste management, adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-seventh session, held in Nairobi, from 18 to 22 February 2013.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/22

Estimated cost savings resulting from synergies among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the period 2012–2013

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Note by the Secretariat

Cost savings have been achieved as a result of the implementation of decisions BC-10/29, RC 5/12 and SC-5/27 on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The actual cost savings for 2012 and estimated savings for 2013 are contained in the annex to the present note. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/23

Contributions to the technical cooperation and voluntary special trust funds of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in the biennium 2012–2013

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Note by the Secretariat

The annexes to the present note contain information on contributions to the technical cooperation and voluntary special trust funds of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions received in the biennium 2012−2013 as at 18 April 2013. Annex I provides an overview of total non earmarked and earmarked contributions to the technical cooperation and voluntary special trust funds of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions received from each donor. Annex II provides information on such contributions by donor country and by programme of work activity for each of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and for joint activities. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/24

Proposal by the Executive Secretary on the organization of back-to-back ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. The conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, by paragraph 17 of decisions BC-10/29, RC-5/12 and SC-5/27 on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (hereinafter referred to as the “2011 synergies decisions”), decided that the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the three conventions should be held in a coordinated manner and requested the Executive Secretary to schedule them in a way that facilitated their coordination.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/25

Mainstreaming gender in the Secretariat

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Note by the secretariat

I. Background

1. In July 2012, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established a gender task team composed of staff members representing divisions, regional offices and secretariats of multilateral environmental agreements to address a range of policy issues and recommend a strategic direction for UNEP. A representative of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions is a member of this gender task team. The establishment of the gender task team reinvigorates the commitment of the UNEP to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It also aligns the actions taken by UNEP on this matter with the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The System-wide Action Plan was adopted in April 2012 by the High-level Committee on Programmes chaired by the Executive Director of UNEP.

UNEP/FAO/CHW/RC/POPS/EXCOPS.2/INF/26

List of participants to the ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary
meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and
Stockholm conventions

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Contents

I. PARTIES

1. Parties to at least one of the conventions that submitted valid credentials: Basel Convention
(BC), Rotterdam Convention (RC) and Stockholm Convention (SC)

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Note by the Secretariat

Annexes I and II to the present note set out provisional lists of meeting documents for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention. The documents listed in annex I are grouped according to the items on the provisional agenda for the meeting to which they pertain. Those listed in annex II are organized by document symbol.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/2

Report on the implementation of the Basel Convention as it relates to the interpretation of certain terminology

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/3 on the follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention, the annex to the present note contains the report on the implementation of the Basel Convention as it relates to the interpretation of certain terminology that was finalized and taken note of by the Open-ended Working Group at its eighth meeting. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/3

Study on used and end-of-life goods

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Executive Summary

In accordance with Decision BC-10/3, this study identifies options for dealing with the problem posed by the transboundary movement and disposal of used and end-of-life goods (“UELG”). These goods do not easily fit the paradigm of wastes to be permanently disposed of. The re-use or recycling of such goods can conserve resources and provide significant economic opportunity to both exporting and importing States. At the same time, export of such goods, especially when not accomplished for the purported purpose of re-use, carries risk to health and the environment, particularly in countries that lack the necessary capacity and infrastructure to manage them properly, including assuring environmentally sound management and disposal of any hazardous components. In addition, lack of clarity regarding the status of these goods under the Basel Convention, combined with divergent national approaches, have complicated efforts to effectively manage their transboundary movement.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/4

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention: Providing further legal clarity: comments on the draft glossary of certain terms

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in documents UNEP/CHW.11/3, on follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention, and UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.2, on the draft glossary of certain terms, the annex to the present note contains a compilation of comments received from parties and others as at 1 March 2013 on the draft glossary of certain terms dated 30 November 2012. The comments received are presented as received and have not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/5

Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention: Comments on options for the interpretation of terms

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Comments on options for the interpretation of terms

Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/3 on the follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention and in document UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.2 that contains a draft glossary of certain terms, the annex to the present note sets out a compilation of comments received from parties and others on the options for the interpretation of terms, considering both voluntary and legally-binding options. Certain comments on options for the interpretation of terms were received as part of overall comments on the draft glossary of terms set out in document UNEP/CHW.11/INF/4. In such cases, those comments were extracted and included in the annex to the present note. The comments set out in the annex are presented as received and have not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/6

Report on the creation of a baseline for the mid-term and final evaluations of the strategic framework

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/4 on the report on progress on the implementation of the strategic framework, the annex to the present note contains a report on the creation of a baseline for the mid-term and final evaluations of the strategic framework of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, prepared by Duncan Bury Consulting. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/7

Activities undertaken by the Secretariat pertaining to the Basel Convention from 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

1.The annex to the present note sets out a report prepared by the Secretariat on its activities pertaining to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal from 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2012, which were undertaken in accordance with its mandate under the Convention and as decided by the Conference of the Parties. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/8

Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres: business plans for the biennium 2012–2013

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The annex to the present note contains a table listing the status of submissions to the Secretariat of business plans for the biennium 2012–2013 by Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres pursuant to paragraph 2 of decision BC-10/4, as at 15 October 2012.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/9

Activity reports for the period 2011–2012 by Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/5 on the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, the annex to the present note contains a table listing the status of submissions to the Secretariat of activity reports for the period January 2011–December 2012 by Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres as at 26 January 2013, pursuant to paragraph 3 of decision BC-10/4. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/10

Business plans for the biennium 2014–2015 by Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/5 on the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, the annex to the present note contains a table listing the status of submissions to the Secretariat of business plans for the biennium 2014–2015 by Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres as at 14 February 2013, pursuant to paragraph 3 of decision BC-10/4. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/11

Progress report by the co-chairs of the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment Working Group

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/6 on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE), the annex to the present note contains a report on progress made by the Partnership, as presented by the co-chairs of the PACE Working Group. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/12

Guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment and repair of used computing equipment

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/6 on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, the annex to the present note contains the final draft guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment and repair of used computing equipment; it has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/12/Rev.1

Revised guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment and repair of used computing equipment

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains the final revised guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment and repair of used computing equipment. The guideline was revised in order to make it consistent with changes made to the glossary of terms in appendix I to the revised guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment (UNEP/CHW.11/6/Add.1/Rev.1) as adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting. The annex has not been formally edited.

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/6 on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, the annex to the present note contains the final draft guideline on environmentally sound material recovery and recycling of end-of-life computing equipment. It has not been formally edited.

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains the final revised guideline on environmentally sound material recovery and recycling of end-of-life computing equipment. The guideline was revised in order to make it consistent with section 5 of the revised guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment and changes to the glossary of terms in appendix I to that document (UNEP/CHW.11/6/Add.1/Rev.1) as adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/14

Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention: classification and publication of parties’ individual compliance performance with regard to the annual reporting obligation

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/10, the present note contains the classification of parties’ compliance performance with regard to the annual reporting obligation for the years 2009 and 2010 and an explanatory note (annex I). Annex II to the present note sets out comments received from parties on the classification. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/15

Further development of the Basel Waste Solutions Circle

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In its decision BC-10/26 on further development of the Basel Waste Solutions Circle, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal took note of the draft outline of the Basel Waste Solutions Circle concept, including the process and criteria for admissions and awards in relation to the Circle (see UNEP/CHW.10/INF/49). In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties requested the Bureau, together with one representative of the business and industry sector and one representative of the civil society sector, to serve as the Circle’s admissions and awards committee, and invited the business and industry sector and the civil society sector to nominate one representative each to serve on the committee. Finally, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat to report on the implementation of the aforementioned decision to the Open-ended Working Group at its eighth meeting.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/16

The experience of parties in using technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of used tyres, of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury and of co-processing of hazardous waste in cement kilns

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/7 on technical guidelines, the annex to the present note contains comments received from parties on their experience in using technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of used tyres, of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury and of co-processing of hazardous waste in cement kilns. By the end of February 2013, the Secretariat had received comments from one party, which are set out in the annex to the present note. The comments are presented as received and have not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/17

Comments received from parties on applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/8 on applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the annex to the present note contains comments submitted by parties to the Secretariat since 6 November 2012, on the proposed amendments to Annex IX to the Basel Convention and on the associated draft text, as referred to in decision OEWG-8/6 of the Open-ended Working Group on applications for new entries to Annex IX to the Basel Convention. Comments were received from Canada, the Central African Republic, the European Union and its member States and Mexico. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/18

Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention: selected documents

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/10 on the Committee for Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance of the Basel Convention, the annexes to the present note set out selected documents of relevance to the progress achieved by the Committee in implementing its 2012–2013 work programme. Annex I sets out a draft preliminary guide on the development of inventories, annex II contains a draft guide on the take-back procedure and annex III sets out a draft revised version of the Guide to the Control System. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/19

Additional information on national reporting

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Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. Pursuant to decision BC-10/14 on national reporting, the Secretariat has processed national reports for various years. As at 22 August 2012, the Secretariat had entered data on the national reporting database for the year 2010. In addition, in 2011 and 2012 the Secretariat entered data regarding late reports for 2007, 2008 and 2009.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/20

Report on the implementation of decision V/32 in responding to emergency situations

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/14 on the implementation of decision V/32 on the enlargement of the scope of the Trust Fund to Assist Developing and Other Countries in Need of Technical Assistance in the Implementation of the Basel Convention, the annex to the present note contains a draft report prepared by the Secretariat on the implementation of decision V/32 in responding to emergency situations pursuant to paragraph 1 of decision BC-10/22. It has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/21

Programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/15, on technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Basel Convention, the annex to the present note sets out the technical assistance programme for the implementation of the Basel Convention. Section I contains the Secretariat’s programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. Section II sets out a programmatic approach for the delivery of technical assistance relevant to the mandates under the Basel Convention and the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/22

Legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous and other wastes generated on board ships

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred in document UNEP/CHW.11/17 on cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization, the annex to the present note contains the legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to hazardous and other wastes generated on board ships, prepared by the Secretariat. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/23

Comments from parties and others on the legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/17 on cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the annexes to the present note contain comments received from parties and other stakeholders on two versions of the legal analysis of the application of the Basel Convention to hazardous wastes and other wastes generated on board ships.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/24

Report on international cooperation and coordination and on the Basel Convention Partnership Programme

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/18 on international cooperation and coordination, the annex to the present note contains a report on international cooperation activities specific to the Basel Convention, including its partnership programme. The annex to this present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/25

Additional information on the implementation of the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties on resource mobilization and sustainable financing

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/19 on implementation of the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties on resource mobilization and sustainable financing, the present note provides additional information on progress made in the implementation of decision BC-10/24 on the implementation of the decisions of the Conference of the Parties on resource mobilization and sustainable financing, and of the relevant provisions of decisions BC-10/29, RC 5/12 and SC-5/27 on enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (hereinafter referred to as the “2011 synergies decisions”) regarding the cross-cutting and joint activities related to resource mobilization.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/26

Programme of work and proposed budget for the biennium 2014–2015: Basel Convention proposal, including joint activities

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal adopted decision BC-10/27 on the programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013, in which, among other things, it:

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/27

Information on financial matters

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Note by the Secretariat

1. By its decision BC-10/28, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted financial rules for the operation of the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Secretariat. Paragraph 1 of rule 3 as so adopted, which deals with the budget, requires the Executive Secretary to dispatch reports on the actual income and expenditure for each year of the previous biennium and estimates of actual expenditures in the current biennium, to all parties to the Convention at least 90 days before the opening of the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which the budget for a given biennium is adopted.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/28

Implementation of the Basel Convention programme budget for 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat, as at 31 December 2012, on the implementation of the programme budget approved by the Conference of the Parties in decision BC-10/27. It describes expenditures incurred under the general and the technical cooperation trust funds of the Basel Convention and provides information on related voluntary contributions made by donors for the implementation of these activities. The report has been reproduced without formal editing.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/29

Updated information on financial matters

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 4 of document UNEP/CHW.11/INF/27 on information on financial
matters, the annexes to the present note set forth updated information on expenditures and on
contributions pledged or received. The annexes, which have not been formally edited, are organized as follows:

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/30/Rev.1

Admission of observers to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/22 on admission of observers, the annex to the present note contains a list of bodies and agencies that had not previously been admitted to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and that are requesting admission to participate in such meetings as observers in accordance with rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, as at 25 February 2013. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/31

Capacity-building and training activities organized by the Secretariat from May 2011 to December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/15 on technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Basel Convention, the annex to the present note sets out tables listing capacity-building and training activities organized by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, from May 2011 to December 2012. Regional and national-level activities are described in table 1, global-level activities are listed in table 2 and relevant projects are set out in table 3. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/32

Basel Convention capacity-building and training activities planned by the Secretariat for 2013

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/CHW.11/15 on technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Basel Convention, the annex to the present note contains information on Basel Convention capacity-building and training activities, planned by the Secretariat to take place between 1 January and 31 December 2013. Table 1 lists capacity-building and training workshops and table 2 lists webinars and online meetings. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/33

Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work for the development, review and updating of technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The annex to the present note contains the progress report, as at 18 February 2013, on the implementation of the programme of work for the development, review and updating of technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, as submitted by Canada.

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/34

Communication from the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs on the number of parties to the Basel Convention at the time of adoption of the Ban Amendment

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Note by the Secretariat

1. At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted decision BC-10/3, on the Indonesi Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention. In that decision, among other things, the Parties agreed

UNEP/CHW.11/INF/35

Submission by the United Nations Environment Programme on a draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note sets out a revised version, submitted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), of the draft memorandum of understanding between UNEP and the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal contained in the annex to the note by the Secretariat in document UNEP/CHW.11/23. The revised version of the draft memorandum is being circulated as provided by UNEP and has not been formally edited

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Note by the Secretariat

Annexes I and II to the present note set out provisional lists of meeting documents for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention. The documents listed in annex I are grouped according to the items on the provisional agenda for the meeting to which they pertain. Those listed in annex II are organized by document symbol.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/2

Activities undertaken by the Secretariat pertaining to the Rotterdam Convention from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The annex to the present note sets out a report prepared by the Secretariat on its activities pertaining to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012, which were undertaken in accordance with its mandate under the Convention and as decided by the Conference of the Parties. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/3/Rev.1

Designated members of the Chemical Review Committee

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Rationales and recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee on the inclusion of azinphos-methyl in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of azinphos methyl in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationales pertaining to the substance prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its fifth and sixth meetings and the recommendation prepared by the Committee at its seventh meeting.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/5

Rationale and recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee for the inclusion of pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9) and pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9) and pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationale and recommendation pertaining to the substances prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh and eighth meetings, respectively.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/6

Rationale and recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee on the inclusion of octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationale and recommendation pertaining to the substances prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh and eighth meetings, respectively.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/7

Rationale and recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee on the inclusion of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationale and recommendation pertaining to the substances prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh and eighth meetings, respectively.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/8

Rationale and recommendation of the Chemical Review Committee on the inclusion of liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationale and recommendation pertaining to the substances prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh and eighth meetings, respectively.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/9

Capacity-building and training activities organized by the Secretariat from May 2011 to December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/15 on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, the annex to the present note sets out tables listing capacity building and training activities organized by the Secretariat from May 2011 to December 2012. Regional and national-level activities are described in table 1, global-level activities are set out in table 2 and capacity-building projects are listed in table 3. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/10

Consideration of a possible memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, at its meeting held on 10 and 11 May 2012, agreed that it would initiate the development of a memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention in order better to formalize their relationship. The Bureau decided to send a letter to the Executive Director of UNEP to request the initiation of the development of a memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and UNEP on the provision of secretariat functions by UNEP. The Executive Director of UNEP agreed to initiate the preparation of such a memorandum of understanding.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/11

Rotterdam Convention capacity-building and training activities planned by the Secretariat for 2013

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/15 on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, the annex to the present note contains information on Rotterdam Convention capacity-building and training activities, planned by the Secretariat to take place between 1 January and 31 December 2013. Table 1 lists capacity-building and training workshops and table 2 lists webinars and online meetings. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/12

Analysis of the technical assistance needs and the technical assistance available to developing country parties and parties with economies in transition

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/15 on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, by its decision RC-5/10, invited developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their technical assistance needs. In addition, in paragraph 4 of the same decision, developed-country parties were invited to provide information on the technical assistance that they could make available to developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/13/Rev.1

Admission of observers to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention

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As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/19 on admission of observers, the annex to the present note contains a list of bodies and agencies that had not previously been admitted to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and that are requesting admission to participate in such meetings as observers in accordance with rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, as at 22 April 2013. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/14

Compilation of comments received from parties relating to the listing of chemicals and a severely hazardous pesticide formulation in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention recommended by the Chemical Review Committee

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1. In accordance with articles 5, 6 and 7 of the Rotterdam Convention, the Chemical Review Committee recommended to the Conference of the Parties that the following six chemicals, one of which is a severely hazardous pesticide formulation, be listed in Annex III to the Convention:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/15

Programme of work and proposed budget for the biennium 2014–2015: Rotterdam Convention proposal, including joint activities

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1. At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention adopted decision RC-5/14 on financing and budgets for the biennium 2012–2013, in which, among other things, it:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/16

Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention programme budget for 2012

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The annex to the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat, as at 31 December 2012, on the implementation of the programme budget approved by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention in decision RC-5/14. It describes expenditures incurred under the general and voluntary trust funds of the Rotterdam Convention and provides information on related voluntary contributions made by donors for the implementation of these activities. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/17

Information on financial matters

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1. By its decision RC-5/1, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention amended the financial rules for the operation of the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Secretariat to read as set out in the decision. Paragraph 1 of rule 3 as so amended, which deals with the budget, requires the heads of the Convention Secretariat to dispatch, at least 90 days before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which a budget for a given biennium is to be adopted, budget estimates showing projected income and expenditure for each year of the biennium, along with information on the actual income and expenditure for each year of the previous biennium and estimated actual expenditure in the current biennium.

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/18

Updated information on financial matters

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1. As referred to in paragraph 4 of document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/17, on information on
financial matters, the annexes to the present note set forth updated information on expenditures and on
contributions pledged or received. The annexes, which have not been formally edited, are organized as
follows:

UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/INF/19

Programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

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As referred to in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.6/15, on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, the annex to the present note sets out the technical assistance programme for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention. Section I contains the Secretariat’s programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. Section II sets out a programmatic approach for the delivery of technical assistance relevant to the mandates under the Rotterdam Convention, the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and the needs assessment carried out in 2012. The annex to the present note has been not been formally edited.

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Annexes I and II to the present note set out provisional lists of meeting documents for the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention. The documents listed in annex I are grouped according to the items on the provisional agenda for the meeting to which they pertain. Those listed in annex II are organized by document symbol.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/2

DDT expert group and its report on the assessment of scientific, technical, environmental and economic information on production and use of DDT for disease vector control

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/4 on the evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT, the DDT expert group assessed the information on production and use of DDT and prepared a report for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/3

Report by the United Nations Environment Programme on activities undertaken in relation to the Global Alliance for the Development and Deployment of Alternatives to DDT for Disease Vector Control

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/4 on the evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT, annex I to the present note contains a report by the United Nations Environment Programme on progress in the implementation of the Global Alliance for Alternatives to DDT. The report of the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Alternatives to DDT, which took place in Nairobi, on 27 and 28 August 2012, is set out in annex II to the present note. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/4/Rev.1

Report on a study of health sector information sources on the availability of lindane as a pharmaceutical and its alternatives as a treatment for head lice and scabies

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/5 on the register of specific exemptions and the register of acceptable purposes, the annex to the present note sets out the report of a study, undertaken by the Secretariat, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, of health sector information sources on the availability of lindane as a pharmaceutical and its alternatives as a treatment for head lice and scabies. The annex has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/5

Report by the United Nations Environment Programme on activities undertaken in relation to the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Elimination Network

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/9 on polychlorinated biphenyls, annex I to the present note contains a report by the United Nations Environment Programme on progress in the implementation of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Elimination Network (PEN). The report of the fourth meeting of the PEN Advisory Committee, held in Beijing, on 7 and 8 September 2012, is set out in annex II to the present note. The annexes have not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/6

Programme of work and proposed budget for the biennium 2014−2015: Stockholm Convention proposal, including joint activities

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1. At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decision SC-5/28 on financing and budget for the biennium 2012–2013, in which, among other things, it:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/7

Compilation of information submitted by parties on their experience in implementing the recommendations on the elimination of brominated diphenyl ethers from the waste stream and on risk reduction for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride, and for the evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/10, the Secretariat invited parties to submit information on their experiences in implementing the recommendations set out in the annex to decision POPRC-6/2 on the elimination of brominated diphenyl ethers from the waste stream and on risk reduction for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride, using a format developed for that purpose. As referred to in UNEP/POPS/COP.6/6, and as requested by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee in its decision POPRC-7/7, this format was also used for collecting information for the evaluation and review of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/8

Updated joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/12, the Secretariat invited parties and others to nominate experts with specific expertise in best available techniques and best environmental practices to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/9

Draft evaluation of the performance and sustainability of the Stockholm Convention regional centres endorsed by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its fourth meeting

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19, on the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology, a compilation of relevant information related to the evaluation of the eight Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology endorsed by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth meeting in 2009 is set out in the annexes to the present note. Annex I contains a summary of the draft assessment of the regional centres to be evaluated by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting. Annex II contains draft assessments for each of the eight centres based on the draft methodology for the evaluation of the performance and sustainability of the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres set out in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19/Add.1. The annexes to the present note have not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/10

Information from the World Health Organization on the continued need for DDT for disease vector control

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1. Document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/4 on the evaluation of the continued need for DDT for disease vector control and promotion of alternatives to DDT contains information for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/11

Reports of the sixth and seventh expert meetings to further develop the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases and of the first meeting of the expert group on best available techniques and best environmental practices

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1. As stated in the notes by the Secretariat on the review and updating of the Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases (UNEP/POPS/COP.6/13) and on the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices (UNEP/POPS/COP.6/12), the reports of the sixth and seventh Toolkit expert meetings and of the first meeting of the expert group on best available techniques and best environmental practices, established by decision SC-5/12, are annexed to the present note.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/12

Implementation plans transmitted to the Conference of the Parties

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/15 on implementation plans under Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the annex to the present note contains a table indicating the deadlines by which each party to the Convention is to transmit to the Conference of the Parties its implementation plan pursuant to Article 7 and its revised and updated implementation plan, as well as the dates on which the plans were received by the Secretariat.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/13

Compilation of comments received on the guidance on national implementation plan development and updating

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/15, on implementation plans under Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention, the Conference of the Parties, in decision SC-5/14, took note of the progress made in developing guidance for the review and updating of national implementation plans with information relating to the persistent organic pollutants listed in 2009 and 2011 and requested the Secretariat to identify any additional guidance that might be required to assist parties in their implementation of the Convention. In response to the request, the Secretariat, in collaboration with UNIDO and UNITAR and with the financial support of GEF, developed new guidance documents to assist parties in developing, updating, and reviewing their implementation plans under the Stockholm Convention with information relating to the newly listed persistent organic pollutants. The Secretariat subsequently invited parties to provide comments on the updated existing guidance and the new guidance.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/14

Report on the feasibility of parties, particularly developing country parties, parties with economies in transition and small islands developing States, revising and updating their national implementation plans

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/15, on implementation plans under Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the report on the feasibility of parties, particularly developing-country parties, parties with economies in transition and small island developing States, revising and updating their implementation plans with information relating to the newly listed persistent organic pollutants is set out in the annex to the present note. The report is presented without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/15

Report on the legal opinion on Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention taking into account decisions SC-1/12 and SC-2/7, in particular when new chemicals are listed in Annexes A, B or C to the Convention

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1. In its decision SC-5/14 on implementation plans, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention requested the Secretariat to prepare, within available resources, a report to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its sixth meeting and subsequent action on the legal opinion on Article 7 of the Convention, taking into account decisions SC-1/12 and SC-2/7, in particular when new chemicals are listed in Annexes A, B or C to the Convention.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/16

Compilation of comments received from parties relating to the listing of hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants recommended by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/17 on the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to list hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants decided, in decision POPRC-8/3, and in accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 8 of the Convention, to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that it consider listing hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Convention with specific exemptions for production and use in expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/17

Analysis of obstacles and barriers to gaining access to technical assistance and technology transfer and recommendations on how to overcome them

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/18 on technical assistance and capacity-building, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, by paragraph 2 of decision SC-5/20, invited developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their technical assistance and technology transfer needs and the barriers and obstacles in that regard. Furthermore, paragraph 3 of the same decision invited developed-country parties to provide information to the Secretariat on the technical assistance and technologies that they had available to be transferred to developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition, together with the barriers and obstacles to responding to those needs referred to in paragraph 2 of the decision.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/18

Programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/18 on technical assistance and capacity-building for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention, the annex to the present note sets out the technical assistance programme for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention. Section I contains the Secretariat’s programme for the delivery of technical assistance for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. Section II sets out a programmatic approach for the delivery of technical assistance relevant to the mandates under the Stockholm Convention, the decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and the needs assessment carried out in 2012. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19 on Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology, the activity reports submitted by the regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology for the period from January 2011 to December 2012 can be found on the Convention webpage at http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/RegionalCentres/Workplansandactivitiesreport/tabid/482/Default.aspx.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/20

Report on the assessment of funding needs of parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Stockholm Convention over the period 2015–2019

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/20 on needs assessment, the report on the assessment of funding needs of parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition to implement the provisions of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants over the period 2015–2019, prepared by a team of independent experts, is set out in the annex to the present note. The report is presented without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/21

Compilation of submissions from parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants regarding the assessment of funding needs for the period 2015–2019

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In its decision SC-5/22, the Conference of the Parties invited parties and others to provide information required to undertake the assessment of funding needed by developing country parties and parties with economies in transition to implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants over the period 2015–2019 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/22

Compilation of submissions received by the Secretariat on ways in which to support the Stockholm Convention

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/20 on needs assessment, the Secretariat invited parties and observers to submit information, by completing a questionnaire, on ways in which they could support the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/23

Compilation of completed questionnaires from parties and others on needs assessment methodology

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/20 on needs assessment, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in decision SC-5/22, invited parties and others to provide the relevant information required to undertake the assessment of funding needed by developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition to implement the Convention over the period 2015–2019 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/24

Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at its sixth meeting

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/21, the report of the Global Environment Facility to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting is set out in the annex to the present note. The report has been reproduced without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/25

Draft report on the third review of the financial mechanism

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/23, the draft report on the third review of the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is set out in the annex to the present note. The draft report has been prepared by an independent consultant, ICF International. It is reproduced as submitted, without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/26

Guidance and consolidated additional guidance to the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention

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1. Pursuant to decision SC-5/23, on additional guidance to the financial mechanism, as referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/24, the Secretariat, in consultation with the secretariat of the Global Environment Facility, prepared the consolidated guidance to the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which is set out in the annex to the present note. It has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/27

Information submitted by parties on facilitating work with regard to financial resources and mechanisms

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/25, the Secretariat invited parties to submit information, by completing a questionnaire, on the key objectives and functions to be achieved to improve the efficiency of the work on financial resources and mechanisms and on the organizational structures best suited to delivering those objectives and functions.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/28

Strategy to increase the rate of submission of national reports by parties pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention

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Note by the Secretariat

1. In decision SC-5/16, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to develop a strategy to increase the rate of submission of national reports by parties pursuant to Article 15, taking into account the feedback received from parties on obstacles to reporting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/29

Comments received on the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants invited parties and others to submit comments on the proposed framework.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/30

Report on the availability of information outlined in the revised framework for effectiveness evaluation and on the use of the elements and indicators set forth therein

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/27 on effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in decision SC-5/17 on effectiveness evaluation, invited parties and others to submit comments on the proposed framework for effectiveness evaluation, and requested the Secretariat to integrate the comments received from parties into the proposed framework for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/31

Guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/28 on the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation, the Secretariat has continued to support the process of revising and updating the guidance on the global monitoring plan for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention and the work of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/31/Add.1

Guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants: Global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants as amended after the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/28 on the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, in decision SC-4/31, adopted the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants and requested the Secretariat to make non-substantive changes as necessary.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/31/Add.2

Guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants: Implementation of the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation as amended after the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

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1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/28 on the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties, in its decision SC-4/31, requested the Secretariat to make non-substantive changes to the implementation plan for the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants for the first effectiveness evaluation that was adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, so that it can serve future effectiveness evaluations.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/32

Report of the meeting of the global coordination group and regional organization groups under the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants

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1. In its decision SC-5/18, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants requested the Secretariat to continue to support the work of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan and the process of revising and updating the guidance on the global monitoring plan.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/33

Results of the global survey on concentrations in human milk of persistent organic pollutants by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization

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1. By its decision SC-5/18 on the global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants encouraged parties to engage actively in the implementation of the global monitoring plan and the effectiveness evaluation, in particular to continue to monitor the core media of air and human breast milk or human blood.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/34/Rev.1

Admission of observers to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

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As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/31 on admission of observers, the annex to the present note contains a list of bodies and agencies that had not previously been admitted to meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and that are requesting admission to participate in such meetings as observers in accordance with rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, as at 22 April 2013. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/35

Activities undertaken by the Secretariat pertaining to the Stockholm Convention from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012

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1. The annex to the present note sets out a report prepared by the Secretariat on its activities pertaining to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012, which were undertaken in accordance with its mandate under the Convention and as decided by the Conference of the Parties. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/36

Information on financial matters

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1. By its decision SC-5/2, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention amended the financial rules governing the administration of the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the Secretariat to read as set out in the annex to that decision. As amended, paragraph 1 of rule 3, which deals with the budget, requires the Executive Secretary to dispatch reports on the actual income and expenditure for each year of the previous biennium and estimates of actual expenditure in the current biennium at least 90 days before the opening of the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which the budget for a given biennium is adopted.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/37

Implementation of the Stockholm Convention programme budget for 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note contains a report prepared by the Secretariat, as at 31 December 2012, on the implementation of the programme budget approved by the Conference of the Parties in decision SC-5/28. It describes expenditures incurred under the general and the voluntary trust funds of the Stockholm Convention and provides information on related voluntary contributions made by donors for the implementation of activities. The report has been reproduced without formal editing.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/38

Updated information on financial matters

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in paragraph 4 of document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/36 on information on
financial matters, the annexes to the present note set forth updated information on expenditures and on
contributions pledged or received. The annexes, which have not been formally edited, are organized as
follows:

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/39

Stockholm Convention capacity-building and training activities planned by the Secretariat for 2013

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/18 on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention, the annex to the present note contains information on Stockholm Convention capacity-building and training activities, planned by the Secretariat to take place between 1 January and 31 December 2013. Table 1 lists capacity-building and training workshops and table 2 lists webinars and online meetings. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/40

Capacity-building and training activities organized by the Secretariat between May 2011 and December 2012

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Note by the Secretariat

As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/18 on technical assistance and capacity building for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the annex to the present note sets out tables listing capacity building and training activities organized by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention between May 2011 and December 2012. Regional and national-level activities are described in table 1, global-level activities are set out in table 2 and relevant projects are listed in table 3. The annex to the present note has not been formally edited.

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Note by the Secretariat

1. As referred to in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/19 on the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and the transfer of technology, the Secretariat received a new nomination from the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for South-East Asia, located in Jakarta, wishing to become a regional centre for capacity-building and transfer of technology under the Stockholm Convention, in accordance with the terms of reference set out in the annex to decision SC-3/12.

UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/42

Submission by the United Nations Environment Programme on a draft memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Note by the Secretariat

The annex to the present note sets out a revised version, submitted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), of the draft memorandum of understanding between UNEP and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants contained in the annex to the note by the Secretariat in document UNEP/POPS/COP.6/32. The revised version of the draft memorandum is being circulated as provided by UNEP and has not been formally edited.